Updates from the Armchair: DiBenedetto’s Big One, One-Handed Passing, and Racing with a Champ

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Steve LuvenderNASCAR.com
December 11, 2018 at 12:36 pm

Matt Di-Big-One

During the NASCAR offseason, friends of Joe Gibbs Racing satisfy their racing fix using iRacing for an online winter series. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Matt DiBenedetto, newly signed to now-JGR-affiliate Leavine Family Racing, made a start in the series at Talladega Monday night.

https://twitter.com/mattdracing/status/1072294181123559424

It did not go well.

Talladega typically means the “Big One” and it’s certainly the case on iRacing, too. On the opening lap of the race, a major crash swallowed up dozens of competitors, including DiBenedetto.

The advance prep must have worked for Majeski, who finished second behind Noah Gragson in one of the biggest short track events of the year.

https://twitter.com/TyMajeski/status/1069398865638539265

Roval Revolution

The most recent quarterly build for iRacing included the public release of the laser-scanned Charlotte road course, previously only available for testing to real-life drivers who used iRacing to log laps on the simulation before the race in September.

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